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1014
SATB
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A puddock is a Scottish frog, and this narrative song tells the story of a fat frog who feels very pleased with himself – until he gets eaten by a hungry heron.
1m 30s
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Music: Peter Hill & Sheena Phillips. Words: J.M.Caie.
Glossary and pronunciation guide included.
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B
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1015
TTBB
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*
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'Lang hae we parted been, lassie my dearie; now we are met again, lassie lie near me'. Robert Burns' adaptation of a traditional Scots song.
2m 00s
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Music: Peter Hill & Sheena Phillips. Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Pronunciation guide included.
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B
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1507
SATB
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*
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
'I'm tired, pulling up bracken half way up the mountain and all alone' -Trad.
1m 10s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
Pronunciation guide included
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A
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1513
SATB
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**
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This is included in the set listed above. You can also buy it as an individual piece.
A stirring and mesmeric traditional Gaelic waulking song.
1m 45s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
Pronunciation guide included. A version voiced for womens or children's voices is also available.
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A
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1516
SSAA
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**
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A stirring and mesmeric Gaelic 'waulking song', traditionally sung by women during the communal washing of newly-woven tweed.
1m 45s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
Pronunciation guide included An SATB version is also available.
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A
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2001
SATB
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*
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An ideal concert finisher or encore, featuring the classic Irish mix of tears and beers, pleasingly set by Peter Hill. 'So fill to me the parting glass; goodnight, and joy be with you all..' SATB unacc.
2m 00s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
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B
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2003
SATB
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*
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“Salut à la compagnie de cette maison!” (Good health to all who live here!) A traditional French new year song that would have been sung around all the houses in the area, spliced with a jaunty original dance tune. Words in French.
1m 45s
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Music: Trad. arr. Peter Hill. Words: Trad. French.
Pronunciation guide included
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B
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2004
SATB
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**
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A grim, sturdy, traditional song from grim, sturdy Yorkshire, England; where until relatively recently the coffin containing the departed was carried over the moors with stops at places of significance.
3m 00s
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Music: Peter Hill & Sheena Phillips. Words: Trad. Anon..
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C
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2007
SATB
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**
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(Words in English) Why spend your leisure bereft of pleasure...you'll take no money within the grave! A rousing concert finisher. Song originally written in Irish Gaelic by Riocard Bairéid alias Richard Barrett, an 18th-century schoolmaster from Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland.
2m 15s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: R Bairéid, trans. D O'Sullivan.
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B
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2010
SATB
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***
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Young Sovay decides one day to test her true love's mettle. She dresses up as a highwayman and lies in wait for him, pistol in hand. Is he man enough to pass the test...? Trad. words and music in a fast-paced and jaunty arrangement, with the Altos having the tune.
2m 20s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
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B
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2012
SATB with TB duet
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**
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This is hearty drinking song in celebration of the consoling powers of 'a jug of this'.
2m 00s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
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B
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2013
TB
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*
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This is hearty drinking song in celebration of the consoling powers of 'a jug of this'.
2m 00s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
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B
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2023
SATB
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**
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(Words in Welsh). 'Beauty will not last; but faithful love endures like steel, so long as two remain'. Trad. Welsh love song with a nice jolly tune.
2m 15s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Trad. Anon..
full pronunciation guide included
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A
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3001
SATB
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**
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'With the first star of the evening, think of me sometime'. A dreamy late summer afternoon by Loch Faskally. A jazz arrangement by Sheena Phillips of song by Peter Hill.
2m 30s
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Music: Sheena Phillips. Words: Peter Hill.
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B
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3004
SATB (violin ad lib)
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*
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'I hope you are kissed as I would kiss you'. A simple yet beautiful song by Peter Hill. Sop solo with SATB jazz vocal accomp. and (optional) solo violin part.
1m 30s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Peter Hill.
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B
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3006
SATB
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*
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(Words in French). Un peu d'esprit, un peu d'espoir, un peu d'amour, et puis bonsoir! - A little spirit, a little hope, a little love, and then 'goodnight'! An ideal concert finisher or encore. Words anon. music by Peter Hill.
1m 30s
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Music: Peter Hill. Words: Anon..
full pronunciation guide included
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B
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3018
SATB
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**
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A song about the inner strength you find when a relationship is finally over: the antidote to those interminable choral numbers about unrequited love. Words by Peter Hill, cool music by Frances Cockburn.
1m 30s
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Music: Frances Cockburn. Words: Peter Hill.
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B
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4001
SATB
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**
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(Words in English). 'Holly and mistletoe, ivy and yew, a wreath for the old year, a flame for the new...' A vigorous pagan carol celebrating the pre-Christian origins of the mid-winter festival. Great for adding a touch of misrule to your Christmas concert.
2m 00s
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Music: Sheena Phillips. Words: Peter Hill.
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B
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